BOX, CALL-MESSENGER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, STEEL, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19780130000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, STEEL, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 7.6
- Length
- 30.4
- Width
- 10.8
- Description
- DARK BROWN WOODEN BASE. HAS PURPLE TIN BOX ON TOP OF IT, WRITTEN IN WHITE "NATIONAL DISTRICT TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS - WESTERN UNION", SMALL HANDLE ENGRAVED WITH "513". SMALL PLASTIC WINDOW WITH MESSENGER RATES ON BOX AT TOP. WIRES COMING OUT OF TOP. BRASS FRAME SCREWED TO WINDOW. CLOTH COVERED WIRES CONNECTED TO BOLTS AT TOP. BLACK RESIDUE AROUND BOLTS & DOWN BACK OF WOOD.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- FROM TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN VANCOUVER, (OBTAINED IN THE U.S.) IT RANG BUZZERS IN OFFICE ON A LARGE BOARD, INDICATING MESSENGERS TO BE SENT & WHERE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780130000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-04
- Collection
- Museum
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